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FOOCHOW
KULIANG
A refuge from the heat of summer at Foochow can be gained by a four hours- chair ride to the top of Kuliang, i.e., “Drum Pass," which is a mountain resort situated about nine miles east of Foochow. The thermometer indicates an average of 10 degrees cooler on the mountain than it is in Foochow; the nights are always cool and blankets a necessity for comfort. Dr. Rennie was the first to build a house of foreign design at Kuliang in 1886. Now there are upwards of one-hundred such houses, and every summer between four and five-hundred persons, chiefly missionaries, are in residence on the mountain. According to the Admiralty Chart, Kuliang reaches a height of 2,900 feet. Nearly five miles of stone paved roads about three feet in width have been made under the supervision of a Public Improvement Committee, appointed by the residents, the necessary funds being provided by voluntary contribution.
The greatest charm of Kuliang is the mountain walks, and there are many interesting places within easy walking distance. A Chinese Post Office and a Telegraph Office are opened at Kuliang every year from the middle of June to the middle of September, and daily mail connection with Foochow is maintained. There are many private tennis courts and seven public courts on the mountain, also a swimming pool, as well as mountain streams where swimming can be enjoyed. Sharp Peak, also, affords a seaside and bathing resort which is much appreciated by Foochow residents. The American missions and the Anglican Mission each have sanatoria there. It is also the place of landing of the E. E., A. & C. Telegraph Co.'s cables.
DIRECTORY
司公險保亞美
Mei yah pao sien kung sze
AMERICAN-ASIATIC UNDERWRITERS, FED. INC., U.S.A.-96, Hsing Hsia Miao, Hsiang Tao Street; Teleph. 2653; Cable Ad: Underiters. General In- surance-Fire, Marine, Motor-car, Life, Accident & Health, Burglary, Plate-glass, Baggage and Special Risks
C. V. Starr, president (Shanghai) Y. K. Lee manager
Agents for:---
Globe and Rutgers Fire Ins. Co. and 22 other American, British and Continental Insurance Com- panies
Fu
協 Hip Wo
ANDERSON & Co., LTD., ROBERT, Merchants
ASIA LIFE AND MARINE UNDERWRITERS-
Mei Wu Street, Nantai
C. C. Jen
司公險保壽人邦友
Yu bon ren su po shin kung sze
ASIA LIFE INSURANCE CO., Insurance-96,
Hsing Hsiao Miao, Hsiang Tan Street;
Cable Ad: Alicochina
R. S. Chao, manager
ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO. (South China),
LTD.-Cable Ad: Petrosilex
T. W. Southam, manager
J. R. Ilsley
Installation
R. A. Campbell E. V. Roby
ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS Co., LTD., Ex- porters' and Manufacturers' Agents of Tea, Lumber, Lacquer-ware, Paper Parasols and Curios, etc. Importers' and Manufacturers' Agents of Chemical Fertilizers, Condensed Milk, Flour, Match and Kerosine Oil, etc. — Cable Ad: Aproco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th edns., Bentley's and Private
D. A. Dalean, director
L. Fuwing, general manager
Y. Chappin, assistant manager
Wilson Bough, agricultural adviser
Miss Ellen Chen, typist
BANKS
行銀國中建福
BANK OF CHINA, FOOCHOW-Teleph. 322
Ko Tse Cheow, manager
行銀灣臺
Tai wan yin hong
BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD., THE-Cable Ad:
Taiwangink
S. Yamada, manager
K. Nakatsuji, signs per pro.
K. Kotsubo
S. Murota
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